55: Might want to check out that 500 CFM Holley 2 Bbls intended usage. At least one model is actually intended as a limited class race carb. Likely not your best street carb...

Paul

im putting lake side headers on it and a flame thower 3 coil on it thats my plan any other in puts?

Dont be using that coil. its around .35 ohms and unless your setup is designed for it, it wont be doing you any favours!



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Thank you Steve for the information re. the GM coil.  I had an early ('76 Corvette) HEI take a $%it on me back in the day and have been leery of them ever since.  I appreciate your expertise.

the motor is out of a 1957 f100 not a 1955

Let me get this straight your honda has 1.6 liters and my bottle of mountain dew has 2

I'd like to do the 4 pin HEI conversion as outlined by GREENBIRD56.
My car has overdrive. Will the momentary grounding of the coil by the kick down switch fry the module?

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That's definitely not one of the things I've tried out for sure. The 4 pin chip has current limiting - but a dead short might not be the best sort of use for that feature.

The control power to the module might be the best place to ground or interupt it - I'm assuming that's the means to momentarily reduce engine torque while the shift occurs?

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

Yes, the coil is grounded just long enough to allow the solenoid to pull the pawl out of the O.D. "gizmo".....maybe one second or less? I'm not sure.
So, could I somehow use a relay in the power wire to the module from the ign. switch that would be controlled by the kick-down switch? Or?
This is a diagram of what I have:

Thanks, I'd sure appreciate any suggestions.

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I just woke up to the realization that providing an additional (and parallel) path to ground from the negative post of the coil shouldn't do much to the controller module. All of those little electrons just wander home by the shortest route - and if that avoids the transistor temporarily - no big deal.....

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

That's good news. I'll start gathering the parts needed and give it a go. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

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Excellent write up, Steve, give you 5 stars. Thanks for sharing, I think this should go into the Tech Article section to preserve for all to reference.

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